#1 - Nadal is out
#2 - Fed is not obsessed about the #1 ranking and is mentally free to focus on individual slams
#3 - he's putting in his best training block since 2009 and we know that's the last time he won the AO
#4 - he's past worrying about "history" and is free to start ripping his forehand again

I wonder what would happen if Fed played Murray in the final. Do you think Murray would be able to recover from another loss to Fed in a slam final?

What helps Murray is that he has beaten Federer in a big final (Olympics) and he has also won a major. So maybe the mental block is gone now for Murray in major finals. It would be fun to see them play. Too bad Nadal is out of it.

He won his 17th slam and equalled Pete's Wimbledon record and did it at age 31, that is hardly nothing.

You can't ever rule Federer out in a slam, but I do think Djokovic or Murray will probably win the AO now.

I think its safe to rule Fed out vs. Djoker in Australia.. Thats a given. He would have to hope Djoker draws Murray in a semis beforehand. (though I'm not even sure he can beat Murray in Australia now)